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Dreadful Nonsense

"I've read your blog. it's really funny. you should write a column." - Jon Ronson

There's a hidden track at the end of one of the Ben Folds Five albums - I forget which one, but I think it might be "Whatever and Ever". Anyhoo, there's a long pause between the end of the last song, and then a screetching voice comes through, obviously recorded at a gig at some point. The voice says something (if memory serves) along the lines of "Ben Folds is a fuck-ing Aaass-hoole" and then there's a big cheer.

Today, that hidden track popped straight in to my head when I got the emails announcing that Ben Folds has postponed his UK & Ireland tour, cos of he's ill. I heard months ago that it was going to be postponed, but for different reasons. But whatever reason he has, and I'm sure it's a damn fine one, I'm still going to have a sulk on for at least the next week. June 2005 is so far away it doesn't exist even in my imagination.

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